The Titles – PNG Game Fishing Association 2009
Saturday was the first day of fishing for the Game Fishing Association of Papua New Guinea’s 34th Titles competition. It was, as I predicted, a day of calm seas and occasional rain showers. Lest you be misled that I am a meteorologist , I should mention that you could make that prediction at this time of the year on any given day and have a 90% chance of being in the ball park.
The Madang Club was settled into the afternoon patiently awaiting the return of the fleet:
The action inside was fairly subdued by Madang Club standards:
As the 18:30 deadline approached, boats were rushing in with only minutes to spare:
In the image above, I was using a long exposure to get a shot of the nice sunset-lit clouds and the islands. The boat came past my field of view and I thought to get the shot anyway. As it turns out, there is a nice speed-blur effect on the boat that tells the story for me. Sometimes photographers get lucky.
Here the Clan Cassell team shows off a tasty catch of Mackerel:
For my taste buds, fresh Mackerel cannot be surpassed. Yum, yum. Unfortunately all the fish were headed for the freezer. Maybe I’ll get lucky later in the week and someone will toss me a fish to take home for dinner. By the way, in case you’re wondering, there won’t be a single fish that was not put back into the water that will not be eaten by someone. Nothing goes to waste here for the sake of sport.
There are always jokers about. These clowns were passing off this Triggerfish as a point grabber. Better luck next time, fellows:
By 19:00 things were settled down and most folk were back in the club preparing for a good feed after a long day out fishing. Some call it work, others call it fun:
I’ll be taking photos for the web site of the Game Fishing Association of Papua New Guinea each day of the Titles. I’ll mix some of the images in with my daily posting as the week goes by.
It’s nice to have something to take my mind off being lonely while Eunie is away.
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Wish I was there to join all my wantoks and have a few lovely brownies.
I wish you were here too, mate. A few brownies with friends and some fish stories never fail to cheer me up. It’s been a lovely time at the Madang Club. You would have loved it.
Maybe someday . . .
Thanks for the comment.
Jan, are you or someone else, able to post the results on the Titles website?
From what I understand, the Titles were another great Madang success. I offer my congratulations to all involved for the hard work and dedication it takes to make such an event so successful.
I’ve been there and done that………….it’s never easy.
Madang rules!
Hey very good information. Will come back again – taking the feeds also, Thanks.
Thanks for leaving a comment. Most people never bother.
I have a fish which is a spotted puffer fish. Not a dwarf or anything else. He’s a spotted puffer fish. He is very, very little right now, smaller then a goldfish. The sticker on the tank at walmart said he could grow to be about 6 inches. He’s a freshwater puffer, but he needs salt in his tank. I know what kind and I have it. The quest that I have is how often should I put the salt in? Thanks for helping me out with this.
Prince, I’m not familiar with freshwater puffers. Try Googling “freshwater puffer fish” with the quotation marks.
Here’s one site which might help: http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/predatory/pufferfish2.php